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vigintillion

American  
[vahy-jin-til-yuhn] / ˌvaɪ dʒɪnˈtɪl yən /

noun

PLURAL

vigintillions

PLURAL

vigintillion

  1. a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 63 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 120 zeros.

adjective

  1. amounting to one vigintillion in number.

Other Word Forms

  • vigintillionth adjective

Etymology

Origin of vigintillion

1900–05; < Latin vīgint ( ī ) twenty + -illion, as in million

Example Sentences

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The population of the world, therefore, would have been 18,932,139,737,991 decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion, decillion; or 18,932,139,737,991 vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion, vigintillion.

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